by Gill Booles | Aug 29, 2012 | Events
For a second I was confused by the text message ‘Of course you’re right…he,he,he’, in response to mine girlishly gushing about Jeremy Paxman being in the same audience for a Fringe show. Then I remembered how this friend had teased, years ago, that my idea of a...
by Gill Booles | Aug 13, 2012 | Freelancing
Going on holiday? Leave your publication in safe hands with your regular trusty freelancer while you jet off into the sun. Who’s that? I hear you ask. Well, if it’s not me then I’m sorry. For both of us. Perhaps you should add it to the holiday checklist for next year...
by Gill Booles | Jun 8, 2012 | Digital, Website
This is the invitation on the contact form on The Broken Family Band website. That box waiting to be filled with an email address is like the big red button you know you shouldn’t touch. You really want to see what happens. According to the website, the band played...
by Gill Booles | May 1, 2012 | Self-publishing
Sadly the web is awash with self publishers, making zero revenue, but boasting of removing the editor, literary agent or other stage in the publishing process. And the many bloggers with amazing stories to tell and conspiracy theories for the failure to get media...
by Gill Booles | Mar 30, 2012 | Articles
Who hasn’t read an article where you have to wonder if the writer ever met the subject? Who doesn’t listen to a radio interview and beg the presenter to challenge the guest to simply answer the question? Yet, even I have resorted to using the approach taken by Deep...